JURISPRUDENCE

Ø Schools of Jurisprudence – Introduction to Comparative Jurisprudence

Ø Theories of Justice
Ø A Jurisprudence of difference: Caste, Class and Race
Ø Feminist Jurisprudence
Ø Approaches to Human Rights: Universalism and Cultural Relativism
Ø Basic Needs and Legal Response
Ø Governance and Economy
Ø Jurisprudential Foundations of Liberal democracy

SUGGESTED READINGS*

Books

1. Anne Barron, Introduction to Jurisprudence & Legal Theory (Oxford University Press,
2005).
2. Costas Douzinas and Adam Gearey, Critical Jurisprudence: The Political Philosophy of
Justice (Oxford Port Land Oregon-2005).
3. Dias, Jurisprudence (5th Edition London-Butterworth).
4. Glen Newey, After Politics: The Rejection of Politics in Contemporary Liberal Philosophy
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2001).
5. John Dryzek, Deliberative Democracy and Beyond: Liberals, Critiques, Contestations
(Oxford University Press, New York, 2002).
6. Krishna Iyer, Rhetoric versus Reality: Essays on Human Rights, Justice, Democratic Values
(Hope India Publications, 2004).
7. Michael Freeman, Llyod’s Introduction to Jurisprudence (8th Edition 2008).
8. Richard Delgado, Critical Race Theory: An Introduction (2nd Edition, 2010).
9. Richard Posner, Economic Analysis of Law (8th Edition, 2011).
10. Roger Cotterrell, The Politics of Jurisprudence: A Critical Introduction to Legal Philosophy
(2nd Edition, Butterworth, 1994).
11. S.P. Sathe, Sathya Narayan (eds.), Liberty, Equality and Justice: Struggles for a New Social
Order (EBC Publishing (P) Ltd., Lucknow, 2003).
12. Varun Gauri, Daniel Brinks (eds.), Courting Social Justice: Judicial Enforcement of Social
and Economic Rights in the Developing World (Cambridge University Press, 2008).
13. Wayne Morrison, Jurisprudence: From the Greeks to post-modernism (Lawman (India)
Private Limited, New Delhi, 1997).
14. William Twining, General Jurisprudence – Understanding Law from Global Perspective

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Suggested Readings are not exhaustive. Need to be supplemented with additional readings.
 Articles

1. Anashri Pillay, “Toward Effective Social and Economic Rights Adjudication: The Role of
Meaningful Engagement”, Vol. 10 (3) International Journal of Constitutional Law 732-755
(2012).
2. B.B. Pande, “When They Came to the Court Seeking Basic Needs: Alternatives to the Flawed
Response”, Vol 31 (3) Journal of the Indian Law Institute 360-377 (1989).
3. Frank Michelman, “The Constitution, Social Rights and Liberal Political Justification”, Vol.
1(1) International Journal of Constitutional Law 13-34 (2003).
4. Goodwin Liu, “Rethinking Constitutional Welfare Rights”, Vol. 61 Stanford Law Review
209-271 (2008).
5. Nick Robinson, “Expanding Judiciaries: India and the Rise of the Good Governance Court”,
Vol. 8 No.1 Washington University Global Studies Law Review 1-69 (2009).